Inaki
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ee-NYAH-kee
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #5,859 for boys
Inaki is a boys' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,859th for boys in the US (15 babies).
What does Inaki mean?
Latin: Basque form of Ignatius
The Basque form of Ignatius, honouring Saint Ignatius of Loyola, the Basque founder of the Jesuits.
Is Inaki a girl's or a boy's name?
Inaki is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 15 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Inaki in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,859th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 15 about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 15 boys in the US were named Inaki, making it the 5,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2009, with 26 boys. It first appears in the records in 1998.
2025 had more boys named Inaki than any year since 2017.
Half of all the boys named Inaki in the US since 1880 were born between 2009 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Inaki in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | #5,859 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 10 | #7,582 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 7 | #9,750 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 17 | #5,293 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 11 | #7,061 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 19 | #4,801 |
| 2012 | 16 | #5,476 |
| 2011 | 17 | #5,196 |
| 2010 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2009 | 26 | #3,917 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 11 | #6,514 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
Names like Inaki
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Tru, Akari, Loki, Kairo, Rumi, Yuri, Dakari, Amiri, Yug, Takari, Sakai, Makari
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Inaki: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/inaki, updated 20 October 2026.